HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #7080054260
Bassin de Caño Sanglaya
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Laguna de Perlas, Prinzapolka
Sub-basin area
528,2km²
Upstream area
528,2km²
Discharge
4,2m³/s
Mean elev.
25m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 415.3 km²78.9% of basin
- 94.7 km²18.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
4.36 km² overlap
Llanos de Karawala
IUCN IVNature Reserve
0.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 19 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,1°C
Annual rain
3 109mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,55
Runoff
1 234mm/an
PET
1 404mm
AET
1 310mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
19cm
Forest
97%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)